27 Jun 2014

Italic opportunity

1965 Sears Citation 2 6A2S-118888











the serial number is one of the best; 118888

Sent from my new Sears Citation 2

3 comments:

  1. http://munk.org/typecast/2014/03/25/sears-medalist-and-electric-power-12-owners-manual-1968/

    http://munk.org/typecast/2014/03/24/sears-power-return-electric-10-and-celebrity-power-12-typewriters-owners-manual-1968/

    http://munk.org/typecast/2012/12/18/more-from-the-sears-christmas-wishbook-and-a-5-coronet-automatic/

    http://munk.org/typecast/2012/12/17/the-tower-saga-continues-typewriters-in-sears-catalogs-1947-to-1966/

    http://munk.org/typecast/2012/12/19/meanwhile-in-the-frozen-north-the-tower-saga-gets-weirder/

    I just picked up a Tower Electric manual for a Script machine, but it doesn't seem to have a list of what fonts were available for that model.

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  2. I tend to overlook and underestimate these later SCMs. Here I think youve photographed it to its optimal aesthetics, so much so that its near iconic of its era.

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  3. Ha, ha! Forgetting to "close" parentheses! Another advantage of the type writer--the machine doesn't throw a hissy fit if you do forget!

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